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Rabbinic Blessings for Circumcision
The Tosefta, later quoted by the Babylonian Talmud, lays out the blessings to be recited at the circumcision of infants, converts, and enslaved people.
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The Tosefta on Blessings for Circumcision
12. One who circumcises [an infant] must recite a separate benediction [over his activity]. He says, “Praised [are you, O Lord . . . who has commanded us] concerning circumcision.”…
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The Talmud on Blessings for Circumcision
The sages taught [in a tosefta that] one who circumcises [a child] recites: Who has made us holy through His commandments, and commanded us concerning circumcision. The father of the [circumcised]…